Diary
The main stories that The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk will cover on Friday, Dec. 12, 2014
ANKARA
Here are the main stories that The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk will cover Friday, Dec. 12, 2014:
TURKEY
ANKARA -- Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend the 31st Meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of The Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) in Greece.
ISTANBUL -- Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and his Italian counterpart Matteo Renzi to attend Turkey-Italian business forum.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Interest in Arabic booms in Turkey / By Nilay Kar Onum
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK -- UN Security Council members to receive briefing on Sudan from International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda.
WASHINGTON -- Former U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford, a critic of Obama's Syria policy, slated to deliver public remarks alongside Oubai Shahbandar, a senior advisor to the Syrian opposition.
WASHINGTON -- Possible Senate vote on pivotal government spending bill to avoid government shutdown.
EUROPE
GERMANY
NUREMBERG -- German Chancellor Merkel’s coalition partner Christian Social Union (CSU) convenes annual two-day congress in Nuremberg. CSU has drawn widespread criticism for stating in a draft party policy paper that immigrants "should speak German", not only in the public sphere, but also at home.
FRANCE
PARIS -- French president to meet Lebanon's Premier Tammam Salam
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS -- Foreign Affairs Council to hold an exchange of views on migration, refugees and development and will adopt related conclusions.
The Council will also discuss the EU's response to the spread of Ebola from a development angle, both in the short term and the medium term.
BRUSSELS -- Turkey’s Minister of Education Nabi Avci to meet Flemish Education Minister Hilde Crevits.
BALKANS
CROATIA
ZAGREB -- Air Serbia begins flights between Serbia's capital Belgrade and Croatia's capital Zagreb after 23-year pause.
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
PALESTINE/ISRAEL -- Follow-up on the fallout of Abu Ein's death, protests and clashes anticipated after Friday prayer.
KENYA -- Kenya celebrates Independence Day.
SPECIAL REPORTS:
S. Sudan's ignored AIDS 'time bomb'/ By Okech Francis
JUBA (AA) -- The scourge of HIV/AIDS is being overlooked in South Sudan, activists warn, as the government and civil society organizations remain focused on other problems caused by the country's year-long political crisis.
Djibouti FM hails 'excellent' ties with neighbors – except Eritrea / By Abebech Tamene
DJIBOUTI (AA) -- Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf said his country enjoys "excellent" relations with all its neighbors – except Eritrea. "There has been no major breakthrough with regard to relations between Djibouti and Eritrea," Youssouf told The Anadolu Agency in an exclusive interview.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
HONG KONG
HONG KONG -- Hong Kong publishing tycoon steps down as editor-in-chief of Apple Daily after being arrested for refusing to leave key pro-democracy protest; other demonstrators out after yesterday’s arrests.
JAPAN
TOKYO -- Preview for Sunday’s election (MOVED)
THAILAND
BANGKOK -- Thailand, with its close ties to the U.S, responds to allegations that it is one of 54 countries suspected to have participated in CIA rendition.
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE -- Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announces Australia to contribute $200 million to Green Fund - another backflip from Abbott Government.
MELBOURNE -- Former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks heckles Attorney General George Brandis at human rights ceremony calling him a coward. He accuses government, under which Brandis served, of full knowledge of alleged torture at Guantanamo.
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